In collaboration with human rights and civil society groups, in particular, Human Rights for All, Kairo News is publishing the list of civilians who have so far been arrested, detained and interrogated in the aftermath of the attack on State House in Banjul last week.
Based on the information we have gathered through our tangible sources, the spy agents are conducting the arrest while the deadly elements of the Gambian dictatorship – the feared military intelligence and military police – inflict brutal tortures on these vulnerable detainees purposely to get confessionary statements.
Our sources are convinced that the NIA agents are civil as compared to what they referred to as “Jammeh clan men” who dominate military intelligence and military police assault team. Among the brutal torturers are also the state guards, our sources alleged.
Kairo News calls on human rights organisations, foreign embassies in the Gambia to be aware that arrests are going on. We will try to come up with the list of security officers detained and may be going through hell.
| ARREST AND DETENTION OF FAMILY MEMBERS, RELATIVES, FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES SINCE JANUARY 1ST 2015 | ||||||
| NO. | NAME | AGE | OCCUPATION | ADDRESS | RELATIVES | NOTES |
| 1 | Omar Malleh Jagne | 45 | electrical and refrigeration technician,Ocean Bay Hotel and Resort | Latrikunda | Captain Njaga Jagne who died during the Presidential Palace shoot-out | Plain clothes officers, drove unmarked tainted SUVs picked them up. They are still unable to locate them and the government is giving no information. |
| 2 | Ebou Jagne | 52 | self employed and sells general merchandise | Lamin Town | Captain Njaga Jagne who died during the Presidential Palace shoot-out | Plain clothes officers, drove unmarked tainted SUVs picked them up. They are still unable to locate them and the government is giving no information. |
| 3 | Essa Bojang | The parents of two soldiers, Bakary Bojang and Dawda Bojang who left the army four months ago. | Thursday 1 January 2014, around 5am by three men in plain clothes and whisked away to an unknown destination. | |||
| 4 | Fatou Sonko | Mbankhna village | The parents of two soldiers, Bakary Bojang and Dawda Bojang who left the army four months ago. | Thursday 1 January 2014, around 5am by three men in plain clothes and whisked away to an unknown destination. | ||
| 5 | Bai Jobe Njie | Tallinding Dumos | the father of an ex-military officer of the Gambia Armed Forces who was said to be part of the insurgents that attacked the Presidential palace | picked up on Friday morning by two plain clothed officers from his residence in Tallinding Dumos. | ||
| 6 | Jariatou Lowe | Ex wife of ex-military officer of the Gambia Armed Forces by the name of Bai Lowe | ||||
| 7 | Yusupha Lowe | 14 | Son of ex-military officer of the Gambia Armed Forces by the name of Bai Lowe | |||
| 8 | Pa Aieu Lowe | 19 | Brother of ex-military officer of the Gambia Armed Forces by the name of Bai Lowe | |||
| 9 | Doudou Touray | 40 | Latrikunda Sabiji | |||
| 10 | Alfusainey Fatty | 42 | Latrikunda Sabiji | |||
| 11 | Ya Mariam Njie | Kololi residence. | Mother of Jarja Nyass one of the alleged attackers at State House and sister to Ndow Njie former Army Commander in the first republic. | |||
| 12 | Modou Njie | Kololi residence. | ||||
| 13 | Anta Nyass | Kololi residence. | Elder sister of Jarja Nyass one of the alleged attackers at State House | |||
| 14 | Pa Mass Nyass | Kololi residence. | Younger brother of Jarja Nyass one of the alleged attackers at State House | |||
| 15 | Ousman Nyang | Kololi residence. | Cousin of Jarja Nyass one of the alleged attackers at State House | |||
| 16 | Olimatou Corr | Mother of Musa Sarr | ||||
| 17 | Biran Sarr | Brother of Musa Sarr | ||||
| 18 | Mama Loum | Gambia Ports Authority | Leman street or Wilberforce street | This case is urgent she is sick and needs her medications. | ||
| 19 | Lamin Marreh (Nyaks) | Gambian Immigration head office | London Corner | A friend to Bai lowe | ||
Please also list the name, address and possibly parents of suspected torturers especially those directly involve in more heinous act.
The names can be send to amnesty international and Western Embassies to ban them from travelling.
We should expose these people and make the world tight for them as they wretch havoc on own people.
I SUPPORT THE FORMER THAT ITS HIGH TIME THAT GAMBIANS CHANGE THEIR MENTALITY AND USE OTHER MEASURES FOR A BETTER CHANGE OF POLITICAL WIND.
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